Eagles Close Out Semester at Vermont

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team will close out the fall semester of play with a single game this weekend, traveling to face the Vermont Catamounts on Friday, Dec. 10. Puck drop is set for 2 p.m. at Gutterson Fieldhouse, with the game being streamed on College SportsLive.

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GAME 18 | Boston College at Vermont
Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 | 2:00 P.M.
Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt. | SportsLive

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College will close out the fall semester with a single game at Vermont on Friday.
• The Eagles and Catamounts last met in January 2020 in a two-game series at Kelley Rink ... BC mounted a two-goal comeback for a 7-5 win in the first game and then battled to a 2-2 tie the next day.
• BC enters Friday 2-3-0 in its last five games after picking up two wins last weekend at Maine ... Vermont split a weekend at UNH, falling 5-2 before bouncing back for a 6-3 victory.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• Boston College sits at 10-7-0 overall and 8-4-0 in Hockey East play ... the Eagles began the season by going 6-0-0 but have gone 4-7-0 in the 11 games since.
• Abby Newhook (8-7-15) and Hannah Bilka (7-8-15) are tied for the team lead in points with 15 each while Kelly Browne (6-7-13) and Gaby Roy (5-6-11) have both hit double digits.
• Abigail Levy is 10-7-0 in goal with a .939 save percentage and 2.35 goals against average ... Levy has made at least 30 saves in 15 out of 17 contests this season.
• Katie Crowley, the Jane Rattigan Head Women's Hockey Coach, is in her 15th season at the helm of the Eagles.

ABOUT VERMONT
• The Catamounts enter Friday's game at 8-7-2 overall and 5-4-1 in Hockey East play after splitting a two-game series at New Hampshire last weekend ... Vermont is 3-2-1 in its last five games.
• Defender Maude Poulin-Labelle leads UVM in scoring with 17 points off of six goals and 11 helpers ... Theresa Schafzahl (7-7-14) and Kristina Shanahan (7-2-9) are tied for the team lead in goals with seven.
• Blanka Skodova has started 10 games in between the pipes, going 5-4-2 with a .900 save percentage and 1.99 goals against average while Jessie McPherson is 3-3-0 with a 2.81 goals against average and .862 save percentage.

SERIES HISTORY vs VERMONT
• Friday marks the 57th meeting between the two teams as varsity squads ... BC and UVM played one game before the Catamounts ascended to varsity status ... the Eagles hold an overall record of 49-3-4 in the all-time series.
• Vermont and Boston College met three times during the 2019-20 season, with each team going 1-1-1 ... on Oct. 20, 2019, BC picked up a 3-2 road win with Hannah Bilka scoring two goals, including the game-winning goal ... later in the year, the teams played a wild 7-5 game at Kelley Rink that saw the Eagles come back from a two-goal deficit for the win ... the next day, the teams battled to a 2-2 overtime tie.
• The Eagles carry a 35-game unbeaten streak in the series.
• BC had a 25-game winning streak in the series from Feb. 24, 2013 to Jan. 18, 2020, when the teams battled to a 2-2 overtime tie at Kelley Rink.
• Vermont's first-ever Division 1 win came against BC: a 3-2 OT win on Oct. 18, 2002 in Chestnut Hill ... UVM also won the 2003 meeting (3-1 at Kelley Rink).
• The Eagles are 46-3-4 in the series since 1999-2000, when both teams were Division I varsity squads (UVM's second year of varsity status).
• Kelly Browne is BC's active scoring leader against Vermont with eight points on one goal and seven assists.
• Bilka is second with six points on three goals and three assists ... she potted two goals against the Catamounts, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 win at Vermont on Oct. 20, 2019 ... Bilka added three points with one goal and two assists in a 7-5 win on Jan. 17, 2020.
• Jillian Fey scored her first career point with a goal in a 4-2 win at Vermont on Jan. 18, 2019.
• Maddy McArthur earned her first career shutout against Vermont on Oct. 20, 2018 ... she made 25 saves for the win.
• Deirdre Mullowney earned her first career point with an assist at Vermont on Oct. 20, 2019.
• Katie Crowley has a 38-1-4 career mark against Vermont

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD . . .
• Give Boston College an overall mark of 50-3-4 in the all-time series with Vermont, including a mark of 22-0-2 in Burlington.
• Give head coach Katie Crowley a record of 39-1-4 against the Catamounts and an overall career record of 346-126-51.

IT'S WORTH NOTING . . .
• Alexie Guay leads all BC players in blocked shots with 30 ... Keri Clougherty has blocked 26 shots and Deirdre Mullowney has blocked 20 ... Gaby Roy leads all BC forwards with 10 blocked shots.
• Abby Newhook is second in the nation and first among freshmen with four game-winning goals.
• Newhook has five multi-point outings this year, including two multi-goal games.
• Hannah Bilka has registered at least one shot on goal in all 70 contests that she has played for BC, putting multiple shots on goal in 62 of them ...
• BC is 19-1-1 all-time when Bilka scores a goal.
• Kelly Browne is tied for second in Hockey East with 199 face-off wins while Willow Corson is seventh with 156 wins.
• Browne's 55.6 face-off winning percentage is second among Hockey East players who have taken more than 350 draws.

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Keri Clougherty

Willow Corson

Jillian Fey

Alexie Guay

Abigail Levy

Maddy McArthur

Deirdre Mullowney

Abby Newhook

Gaby Roy